SAN FRANCISCO -- It's probably not the kind of earthshaking news if Brian Wilson had shaved off his beard, but Giants closer Sergio Romo did startle his teammates and manager Bruce Bochy a bit this weekend in Arizona when he showed up at the ballpark completely clean-shaven.

It was quick thinking by at least one photographer to get shots of Romo with a hairless face, because it was a brief metamorphosis. He's already growing back his beard and mustache, and as the Giants opened a series with the San Diego Padres Monday night, he already had a good growth working, as if nothing ever happened. Yet Romo is two-for-two on saves since the shave.